RPC VII.2, 3532

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3532
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Claudia Leucas
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year ƐΟϹ = 275
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΛΕΥΚΑΔΕωΝ ΕΟϹ
Edition Λευκαδέων εοσʹ
Translation of the Leucadians, 275
Reverse design turreted bust of Tyche left in shrine with four columns; upper part of river god swimming below
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.43 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18259431, 1910/377
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 363 = Classical Numismatic Review 16, 1991, lot 12
3 3     Private coll.